About this season
Davey and Goliath is a 1960s stop-motion animated children's Christian television series. The programs, produced by the Lutheran Church in America, were produced by Art Clokey after the success of his Gumby series. Each 15-minute episode features the adventures of Davey Hansen and his "talking" dog Goliath as they learn Christian doctrine through everyday occurrences.
Episodes (26)
1. The Stopped Clock
Aired 11 September 1971 • 15 min
Feeling rejected, Davey imagines a world without other people, including Goliath. He quickly decides this world is not for him!
2. Who Me?
Aired 25 September 1971 • 15 min
After being slothful and lazy, Davey gets a dose of his own medicine; Davey quickly learns that helping others around the house is a way of showing love.
3. If At First You Don't Succeed
Aired 9 October 1971 • 15 min
Davey decides he wants to be a champion bowler and Sally wants to be a concert pianist, two very different careers.
4. Finders Keepers
Aired 23 October 1971 • 15 min
Davey finds ten dollars and wants to spend it on a birthday present for Goliath, but whose is it?
5. Kookaburra
Aired 13 November 1971 • 15 min
Davey's geography lesson on Australia is very amusing at first with its dingos and kookaburras, but he soon tires of it and doesn't study for the test. He resorts to cheating, but that night his conscience begins to bother him.
6. The Caretakers
Aired 27 November 1971 • 15 min
Davey thoughtlessly pours paint down a well. When he sees how others suffer because of his misdeed, he realizes that everyone is responsible for taking care of God's world.
7. The Hard Way
Aired 11 December 1971 • 15 min
Davey learns "the hard way" at the natural history museum that grownups have rules "for your own good."
8. Rickety-Rackety
Aired 25 December 1971 • 15 min
Davey's friend Larry has a little trouble with his French and starts smashing up the classroom furniture. Davey reminds him of the school cheer, and helps him prepare for a test next day.
9. Help!
Aired 8 January 1972 • 15 min
Davey's friend Jonathan is rescued by Officer Dan and both boys learn appreciation for their police officer friend.
10. Boy in Trouble
Aired 22 January 1972 • 15 min
Davey and Jonathan help Tommy, a poor boy in their neighborhood, by collecting bottles for money.
11. The Greatest
Aired 5 February 1972 • 15 min
Davey has trouble with Nicky, a new boy who continually boasts about his father. But Davey feels compassion when he learns Nicky doesn't have a father.
12. Blind Man's Bluff
Aired 19 February 1972 • 15 min
Jonathan's cousin Scottie, who doesn't like white boys, teaches Davey about racism. An important lesson.
13. Who's George?
Aired 4 March 1972 • 15 min
Davey and Goliath learn about the saying "let George do it" when they visit Jonathan, finding out what it means.
14. Six-Seven-Six-Three
Aired 9 September 1972 • 15 min
Dognappers are foiled by the identification number given to Goliath by the authorities.
15. The Zillion Dollar Combo
Aired 23 September 1972 • 15 min
Davey and his friends form a band and must decide whether their first gig will be for pay or for free at a children's hospital.
16. Upside Down and Backwards
Aired 7 October 1972 • 15 min
When Davey and Goliath are home alone and the electricity fails during a severe storm, Davey panics. Later he imagines what he should have done.
17. Louder Please
Aired 21 October 1972 • 15 min
A deaf neighbor teaches Davey to appreciate all the sounds in the world around him.
18. Ready Or Not
Aired 4 November 1972 • 15 min
After a lecture by Mrs. Reed on caring for the world (and keeping your room neat), Davey and Jonathan clean up a favorite city park gone to rack and ruin (and rats).
19. Kum Ba Yah
Aired 18 November 1972 • 15 min
Davey and Jonathan decide to help the church with a bell choir. They rehearse "Kum Ba Yah" with Cisco, whose mynah bird offends Goliath because nobody understands Goliath except Davey. The bell choir disbands until Pastor Miller has a little talk with Davey about the meaning of the song.
20. Whatshisname
Aired 2 December 1972 • 15 min
Davey imagines gruesome revenges against a new kid who's crossed him.
21. Pieces of Eight
Aired 16 December 1972 • 15 min
Fascinated by pirates and buried treasure, Davey buries a tin box containing the Jickets club treasury. When a hard rain washes away the box, Davey replaces the money.
22. Chicken
Aired 30 December 1972 • 15 min
Trying to prove he isn't a chicken at heart, Davey attempts a dangerous leap and winds up in the hospital.
23. Doghouse Dreamhouse
Aired 13 January 1973 • 15 min
After a rough start, Davey builds a doghouse for Goliath, whose original doghouse was destroyed by a storm.
24. Good Bad Luck
Aired 27 January 1973 • 15 min
Davey's class goes on a field trip to the woods. He's resentful of his teacher's strict guidance, and becomes lost.
25. The Watchdogs
Aired 10 February 1973 • 15 min
Davey witnesses a robbery, but doesn't want to get involved until Officer Dan and Mr. Hansen succeed in teaching Davey the real meaning of the Golden Rule.
26. Come, Come to the Fair
Aired 24 February 1973 • 15 min
Davey's Sunday School class hosts a folk fair where the children learn about the ways different cultures celebrate and remember Jesus.